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Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. Grade C-5 Titanium

Grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade C-5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is grade C-5 titanium.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 21
310
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 23
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.4
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.2
40

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 280
1610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 250
1560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 140
560
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
9.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
36
Density, g/cm3 10
4.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
38
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
610
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
200

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.2
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.0
35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
5.5 to 6.8
Antimony (Sb), % 14.5 to 17.5
0
Arsenic (As), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.1
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
0
Hydrogen (H), % 0
0 to 0.015
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Lead (Pb), % 79 to 83.9
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.050
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.25
Tin (Sn), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
87.5 to 91
Vanadium (V), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4